The committee is recommending renovation of the high school to add a wing for seventh- and eighth-grade students as well as a smaller auditorium.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Grants fuel collaboration among Somerset County school districts
Anson-based RSU 74, Bingham and Moscow’s SAD 13 and Madison will include arts in their STEM curriculum in an ongoing program and will create an alternative program for at-risk middle-schoolers.
Search for new RSU 9 superintendent underway
Maine School Management Association is assisting the school district and has already received inquiries for application packets.
Kennebunk High theater manager leaves job after Facebook ruse
Michael Herman had created a fake Facebook profile to contact parents and students.
Augusta school budget proposal up 6% over current spending
The $30.8 million proposed spending plan aims to reduce class sizes and includes hiring three new kindergarten teachers.
Threat against Portland Catholic school found to be meritless
The school was closed Tuesday but will reopen Wednesday.
UMaine professor placed on leave in wake of complaints
The university is investigating the behavior of English professor Robert ‘Tony’ Brinkley.
Vermont school flies Black Lives Matter flag
The student-led flag raising is part of a series of Black History Month events at Montpelier High.
Bill would restore money slashed from school-based health clinics
Educators say the 16 clinics help students without access to a doctor and serve many rural and low-income families.
Margaret Chase Smith Library announces annual essay contest
Cash prizes are offered in the 22nd annual competition for Maine high school seniors.